Northeastern Airways

June 22, 1985|By Deanne Brandon

FLYING. Northeastern International Airways got airborne Friday with a single jet flying to five cities. The low-fare carrier, which in January filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code, intends to resume its old routes to St. Petersburg, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale in Florida and to Philadelphia and Islip, N.Y. First flight: From Philadelphia to St. Petersburg, but only 28 of the plane's 85 seats were filled. Northbound flights had heavier bookings, said a spokesman for the Fort Lauderdale-based carrier.